links for 2006-11-24
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links for 2006-11-22
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(tags: cinema luxembourg)
New mission on air
Heya!
Maybe you have already noticed that I am not behind my keyboard around the clock at the moment.
Let me explain; I signed for a contract where I work (entertain myself) during regular office (European, not US) hours. It’s just very cool! I work with an old colleague and I am very happy to see him after such a long time. There are plenty of things to do, but I believe that will be fine.
My positive and negative thoughts about this mission are:
Pros:
– Don’t have too much time to complain about the weather/darkness.
– Will save some extra $ for my next trip.
– New experiences.
– Meet new people.
– Daily bicycle ride.
Cons:
– Sleep less than 6 hours/day.
– AFK while my fellow americans are online.
I just left to Strasbourg to see my mother 🙂
Kuaför!
Après 6 mois d’attente, j’ai fait le grand pas et je suis allé voir un coiffeur!
En effet, j’en avais assez de me battre avec mes cheveux après chaque douche 🙂
Sinon, durant le mois qui va venir je vais être très occupé; au moins je n’aurais pas le temps de me plaindre du sale temps; qui disons le, bientôt ne sera qu’un souvenir :p
Updates
Here’s a brief overview of the changes during the last weeks:
Now RSS feeds seem to work – at least they work on my computer and I received no complaint from other users 🙂
Some small bugs have been fixed (eg. domain names with extended status and no name server) which were detected as expiring but are not (they no longer appear as expiring).
When all daily checks have been done, SaveSpell tries to find available not registered domain names in some word lists (names, 3 characters, geography and English words at the moment). Also, from now, in case of load or network errors while the process in charge of checking the domain names is running, it will just sleep for 5 minutes and try again (instead of crashing).
In addition, some basic documentation has been written.
Feel free to propose your links!
Search and new layout
Hey there,
At least, the search functionality is here! In addition, a new XHTML/CSS/AJAX design is now live.
Do not expect new updates next week as my work schedule is going to be busy.
Have fun!
Nice Firefox extension: Web Developer
Hey there,
I found a great Firefox extension that is worth it!
Have a look at this partial screenshot:
For example, it allows CSS edit on the fly and see changes directly: no reload/upload necessary! Adjust your style, then save and put live, isn’t that wonderful?
You can also play with privacy, display image information, div, frames, validate Links on the page, and many other interesting things.
Looks like I found a new friend 😀
New summary page
The new summary page is now live.
It contains statistics informations about the number of available, expiring and taken domains according to each extension and word lists.
This page is updated daily.
Beta phase
From now on, Beta phase 2 is live. Here’s a summary of the changes:
- New domain names and status changes are almost continuously, so feel free to visit the same as often as you like.
- The Recent changes page now displays latest changes.
- Alexa rank is being checked on newly added domain names, effective date: October 3rd.
- Goggle PageRank can be checked on demand.
- New option that tags a domain name for recheck in the information page. When clicked, the domain name will be added on the check queue and status updated within the next minutes/hours, depending on the queue size. This tag is set to allow report of incorrect entries. Unfortunately, it doesn’t apply to expiring domains before the expiration date (plus 48 hours due to the world’s timezones). Also, a s a security measure, a maximum of 10 checks is allowed every 5 minutes.
- Google PageRank and tagging a domain for recheck both need cookies enabled. The cookie contains some information generated in the Information page.
- Page title and meta tags are generated according to the page content.
- All dates and times on the content pages are based on UTC time.
- Content pages are cached.
Domain names that seem to be expired and not checked on whois database are now in the category Most likely free. The displayed icon of such domains is
But, some bugs need to be fixed:
- Name servers are not removed from the domain’s information if it becomes available.
Any other bug report or feedback is welcome.